Two Urban Places on Planet Earth

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TWO URBAN PLACES ON PLANET EARTH

Zero sprawl.

 

[czsz]

Cute...I'm guessing maybe Ireland for the first and Spain or Italy for the second?

 

[Roxxma]

I would guess northern Germany (because I know Germany has extensive satellite imagery available on Google Maps and MS Live Local), the Netherlands, Belgium, France or Denmark for the first one. The second one: somewhere Mediterranean.

 

[Roxxma]

Upon closer inspection, the cars in one photo are sporting yellow rear license plates which could be French, Dutch or maybe even British..

 

[Ron Newman]

Signs in the second one look Italian to me.

 

[lexicon506]

The second one is definitely Italy, I drove by it on my way to Siena from Florence. It's really bothering me that I can't remember its name!!!!

 

[Ron Newman]

it's NOT San Gimignano (no towers)

 

[lexicon506]

aha! I knew the name would come back to me eventually....it's Monteriggioni!

 

[ablarc]

^ Bingo, lexicon! You live up to your name.

 

[Joe_Schmoe]

Where are all the people? They look like ghost towns.

 

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Where are all the people? They look like ghost towns.

These are villages. Their population is two or three hundred.

 

[Roxxma]

Have we determined what the first one is yet?

 

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Have we determined what the first one is yet?

Culross, County Fife, Scotland.